Attachment for coffee-pots, &amp;c.



No. 831,419. 1 PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. w. 8. DAY.

ATTACHMENT FOR GOPPEE POTS, 8w. APPLIOATION IILED MABJQ! 1905.

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. WILBUR S. DAY, OF THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINNESOTA.

ATTACHMENT FOR COFFEE-POTS, 81.0.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed March 9,1905. Serial No. 249,151.

To a, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBUR S. DAY, of Thief River Falls, in the countyof Red Lake, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Coffee-Pots and Tea-Kettles, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for preventing steam from escapingthrough the open top of a coffee-pot or tea-kettle when the cover isremoved and the vessel is being tilted to discharge its contents, theobject being to protect the hand of the person holding the vessel frombeing burned or scalded by the escaping steam.

A further object is to provide a device of the character named which canalso be utilized as a funnel when detached from the vessel in which itis ordinarily used.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming ably of sheet metal, that restsupon the walls of the kettle at the top and is provided with a hopperbottom 7, that terminates in a tube 8,

i that is inclined or obliquely arranged with respect to the walls ofthe kettle, and has an open lower end that is contiguous to the openinginto the spout 4. An overflow cup or trap 9, closed at the bottom andhaving an open top 10, is supported by braces 9 on the tube 8 concentrictherewith and spaced from the walls thereof. This cup will contain asupply of the liquid in the kettle and acts as a trap to seal thecontents and prevent the steam from escaping up through the open lowerend of the tube. When the vessel is being filled, the liquid will flowdown throu h the tube 8 and fillin the cup overflow t e walls thereofinto the ettle beneath until the desired amount of. liquid has beenpoured therein. Then when the vessel is tilted to discharge its contentsthe lower end of the tube will be beneath the level of the same, andbeing near the spout will allow the contents of the vessel to be pouredout without the open lower end of the tube being exposed and allowingthe escape of the steam. The overflow cup or trap acts as an adjunct tothe tube to more effectually seal the same and exclude the escape of thesteam without, however, in any way interfering with the pouringoperation. vIt is desirable in a device of this kind to provide anair-vent, and I therefore form a hole 11 in the hopper bottom 7,communicating with a chamber 12 beneath, that has ahole 13, leading intothe kettle, and a loose ball-valve 14, that normally covers the hole 13when the kettle is in its normal position, but is adapted to roll awayfrom said hole and allow the air to enter through the vent when thekettle is tilted to pour out its contents.

The device may be made of any suitable material, preferably sheet metal,plated, if

desired, and of different sizes and with different lengths of tubes andtraps, according to the size and shape of the vessel inwhich it is to beplaced.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a vessel having anopen top and a discharge-spout on one side, of a receptacle fittingwithin said open top, a tube depending from the bottom of saidreceptacle and hem obliquely arranged with respect to the wal s of thevessel and having an open lower end that is contiguous to the openinginto said discharge-spout whereby when the vessel is tilted to pour outits contents said open lower end will remain below the level of theliquid in the pot until nearly all of the liquid has been poured out andan overflow-cup inclosing the lower portion of said tube, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination, with a vessel having an open top and adischarge-spout in its side wall, of a receptacle fitting within saidopen top, a tube dependin from the bottom of said receptacle and incined toward said spout and having an open lower end that is contiguousto the opening into said spout, an overflow-cup inclosing the lowerportion of said tube and said receptacle bein provided with an air-vent,substantially as escribed.

3. The combination, with a vessel having an open top and adischarge-spout, of a receptacle fitting within said open top, a tubedepen ing from said receptacle and in'clined" In witness WhereofI-havehereunto'set my togard said spout and having an open lower hand this 4thday of March, 1905. en that is eonti ous to t e opening into said spout,and a li overflow-cup having an WILBUR 5 open top and closed bottom andinclosing the Witnesses:

lower portion of said tube and'spaoedthere- C. S. DE CUER, from, for thepurpose specified. ALBERT LoUsoN.

